http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/180 2026-05-15T14:22:15Z 2026-05-15T14:22:15Z Mutsuddi, Indranil Mutsuddi, Rimi http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/314 2016-07-22T14:13:10Z 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z

Relevance of Entrepreneurship Development through E-Cells in Business Studies and Technical Education Mutsuddi, Indranil; Mutsuddi, Rimi The new economic environment had triggered changes in Government policies, technology innovations which in turn have drastically changed consumer behaviour and perception towards products and services. These have created enormous opportunities for spurting new ventures, services contributing to the economic growth of our nation. Although the private sector in India is booming, the number of jobs created remained far short of what is required to provide adequate employment for management and technically trained students passing out from Business Schools and other technical institutions. In the last decade or so we have witnessed a sudden growth in the number of Business Schools and technical institutes throughout the country and employment generation for the “to be professionals” had become a daunting task for the educators, trainers and management consultants. On the other hand, organizations who had been complaining of their financial limitations had found it difficult to hire students within strict HR budgets. In this context, top institutes of the nation like the IIMs, IITs, NITs and particularly noted Business Schools had found the importance of entrepreneurship cells in their campus as a strategic need. Professional organizations and institutes like National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) had played amajor role tomotivate students and faculties in promoting entrepreneurial awareness and development of entrepreneurial capabilities in students and budding entrepreneurs across the nation. This paper aims to discuss the relevance, opportunities, benefits, developmental perspectives and issues hindering the growth and development of entrepreneurship cells (e-cells) in business studies and technical education. The paper also discusses and presents a staircase model for e-cell development that may act as a reference and guideline for budding e-cells, trainers/faculties and institutes encouraging students to take up entrepreneurship as a major study.

2013-02-20T00:00:00Z Chande, Sunanda Pradhan, Kamini http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/313 2016-07-27T11:51:05Z 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z

Perception and Practice of Home-Science Graduates on Taking up EntrepreneurshipActivities Chande, Sunanda; Pradhan, Kamini The post liberalization industrial and economic scenario in India demands a more imperative and dynamic approach to facilitate and promote entrepreneurship in the country on a larger scale. This would help not only in tackling the problem of unemployment but also in creating self employment among the youth in the growth of new entrepreneurs. Women empowerment is an essential component for human resource development.Women in advance nations are recognized and are more prominent in the business world. In India, however the entrepreneurial world is still a male dominant one. The emergence of entrepreneurs in society depends to a large extent on the economic, religious, cultural and psychological factors prevalent. According to Frank H. Knight and Peter Ducker “entrepreneurship is about taking risk”. Entrepreneurship is the act and the art of being an entrepreneur or “one who undertakes innovation, finance and business in an effort to transform innovation into economic goods. This paper examines whether the introduction of entrepreneurship education based on concepts of experiential learning in the University curriculum has had any positive effects on changing the perception towards entrepreneurship and to understand this there is a need to study the perception and practice of Home science graduates on taking up entrepreneurship activities. This study will focus on participation of Home science graduates in entrepreneurship activities. The research will throw light on the factors influencing the Home science graduates in accepting entrepreneurship as an important alternative profession.

2013-02-20T00:00:00Z Joshi, Rajiv Godiawala, Pavan http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/312 2016-07-22T14:12:07Z 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z

Entrepreneurship Training for Designers, Fashion Technologists and Creative People Joshi, Rajiv; Godiawala, Pavan This paper proposes the need to expand reach of entrepreneurship education and training beyond business schools,management institutes, technology and engineering institutes. Entrepreneurship courses and programs are not limited to business schools only. There is a growing need for this training to design and fashion technology students and also the self employed professionals in this field. The paper builds on the growing need to design customized entrepreneurship training programs for designers, fashion technologists, artists and creative people. The paper is written around the argument of difference between entrepreneurship training to other people and to designers, fashion technologists, and creative people. It has been observed that after a specified tenure of working for someone;many designers, fashion technologists, &creative people move forward as self employed professionals and later on they start an enterprise. However, many of them experience a lot of difficulties due to lack of adequate training in entrepreneurial and managerial skills. Often, this also leads to impact on the profitability of the business. This paper encompasses prospects, issues & challenges of design and delivery of entrepreneurship training and education to designers, fashion technologists, & creative people. Authors have suggested some pointers for content and design of such training programs. The authors have presented their views based on their teaching, training and consulting experience. The prime objective of this paper is to serve as the base for further research. Authors urge potential users of this paper to carry out further research in this area.

2013-02-20T00:00:00Z Joshi, Rajiv http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/311 2016-07-27T12:04:20Z 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z

Entrepreneurship Education: Substance and Challenges Joshi, Rajiv Role of entrepreneurship and enterprise development in economic development and nation building is well accepted fact and does not need any debate. Further, ‘Born vs. Made or ‘Nature vs. Nurture’ themes of entrepreneurship, is also a well-researched and well-discussed topic in the academic world. States and governments have appreciated and accepted the importance of enterprise development, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial mindset in the development of nations. Based on the realization that entrepreneurship works as a catalyst to the social, economic and national development; governments initiated many activities, interventions and programs to promote entrepreneurship and foster entrepreneurial endeavors. Simultaneously, educational institutions and universities worldwide conceived, designed and started delivering structured long duration programs targeted at young undergraduate and post graduate students. Parallel to this movement, many young educated students also started embracing entrepreneurship as career option. Business schools and management institutes from across the world offer an array of entrepreneurship and small business modules and programs. Some of the business schools started entrepreneurship first as an elective course, added by more courses, and later on as specialization / concentration or major; and finally as a long duration program Even, degree programs from non-business disciplines like engineering, science, fashion technology, design and media have also included entrepreneurship as a course or concentration. Similarly in the Indian context, entrepreneurship education programs leading to a qualification are being offered. However, by nature, entrepreneurship education is considered as complex area of teaching and education due to its multi-disciplinary approach as well as issues and challenges of the curriculum design, delivery and evaluation pattern. Adding to these, issues and challenges of pedagogical tools and innovative instructional methods are another area of concern. Dearth of entrepreneurship educators further aggravates the problem. With the proliferation of the number of institutes, business schools, universities offering entrepreneurship education at both undergraduate and post graduate levels, current challenges confronting entrepreneurship education need to be examined. This paper endeavors to identify and classify some of the challenges and issues of entrepreneurship education, themes of entrepreneurship education, and different models of entrepreneurship education. The paper also attempts to look at the current practices of leading institutions and universities and suggest some of the ways to address challenges and issues of entrepreneurship education.

2013-02-20T00:00:00Z